Hostages Taken In Paris Suburb After Police Officer Killed

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**UPDATE: Suspect shot and killed by police after killing policeman’s wife. Child found unharmed. The suspect had pledged allegiance to ISIS. Incident over.**

FRANCE — A police officer was fatally stabbed outside of his home in the Paris suburb of Yvelines on Monday.

The 42-year-old officer was attacked while returning home from work at about 9:00 p.m. local time, AFP reported, citing a source.

According to RFI, the attacker then took the officer’s wife and son hostage in the home.

The ‘Elite Raid’ police officers were on the scene and a security perimeter was established, the report said.

A motive was not known but Reuters France reported: “Some neighbors believe hearing Islamist slogans proffered by the abuser.”

Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.

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